Fruit-peeling machine.



J. W. CARNOCHAN.

FRUIT FEELING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED Dno.24,19oa.

1,0405507. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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J.v GARNOGHAN. FRUIT FEELING MACHlNE.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 211, 1908.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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FRUIT FEELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION MLB DBG. 24, 190B.

1,040,507. Patented 0cn.8,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT canton-,1

:roHN W. camiocnan, or ROCHESTER,

New 'rome Assrcmon or 01m-HALF 'ro HARRY WALTERs AND ONE-HALF 'ro FREDERICK/11. DAMON, no rnoF ROCHESTER, NEW

Be it' known that I, 'JOHN of Rochester, inthe county of Monroe an Stat-e of New York,v have invented certain Anewland useful Improvements in Fruit- Peeling Machines; 'and I do hereby declare i th e following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part `ofthe specification, and to the referto the removing of skin from fruit such for instance as tomatoes and has for an object to provide a construction which' will operate on the fruit .'withthe lleast possible injury thereto and 4'at-'the same 'timel will 'ctiectively remove the skin from .all portions thereof.

. tions ot parts all as will ereinafter more fully described, the nov/el features being lTo these and other en dsthe invention con.- sists 1n certain improvemen s' and combinal. 'pointed out in the clasiilrnsifat the end of the specification.-

2.5' In the dra Aelevation a machine constructed in accor-th: vance with this invention. Eig, 2 is a .section wings: Fi .ire l shows in side I on line z-a Fig. 1. l Fig. 3 isa plan view of 3.0.'. an embodimentof the device which coper.

ates with the fruit 150W-remove the skin. Fig. 4;'is a sectional New on line- 7)-5 Fig.

1.sho\ving one position of the machine dur- Fig. 5 is a deing the removal of't-he skin.

position of the tail' view showing' another 'machine-during the Skinning, and Fig. 6 is a detail `view.'illustrating an embodiment of the mechanism whicheiiects the-removal of4 to the fruit.

Owing' to-t-he delicate structurefo tomatoes, great difficult-y has been met in removing the skin by lmachinery withoutinjury In this invention the fruit which has previously been steamed or treat ed with hot water'is acted upon by 'a' skin rcn'ioving device while being supported in coiilwrativc relationl .with said device in such a mannerthatinjury to the gfvruit is 1p1-actically prevented. ln addition to remov' g the skin, the machine'is lso constructed t at it is also possible fruit. a, part which has heretoforleybeen4 re `moved "only by hand.`

Thev skin removing l bodiesa plurality-'ofi'tingers or-'wipers 1 adapted 'to frictioally Contacty with thel v Speciiloation olfliette'rs Patent.l Appnafion mea December 2451968. serial No. 4119.048.

to remove the blow ,of the ravir-Psaum MACHINE Patented oet. 8,1912.

. s y -I fruit at a plurali-ty of points about the same W. yCARNooHAN- and consisting if desirable ofradially arranged wedge or V shaped pieces of elastic or-resilient material such as rubber, having their pointedends disposed toward one point `and their larger ends secured against movementV as by being 'formed in one piece with a` the'skin removing device may be reversed an annularclamping plate vwhich engages the supporting portion 2 is removably held thereto and to a base 6 by bolts 7. There may be arranged on one or more of the ngers or wlpers, preferably on four `ofy them, ne'ar theirfree endsand'on both sides, Vshtfwhen worn on one side, and for this purpose ters or cutters 1 .\vhich ac t on the skin of theu vremovingdevice and slit' theskin sp-that it mav be more easily removed.l

` Goperating with thek skin removing de-y vice is a means-'which in this instance moves `fruit as the latter passs throughtl skin relatively to the'said device to force the fruit,y I

through the' wipers. I tfpreferably is mount# .ed to move toward and from or in other words to reciprocaterelatively to theskin removing device-on 'one side of the latter, and for this purpose may embody@ 4plunger S havingv at onesidey a cup` 9 or concave member to receive. 'thev `fruit and support it while the .skinjs being partially removed.

The cup preferably does not 4pass through ."the skin remofving, device butY only to "the normal plane' of Ithe wipers so that the cut- Iters will not loe-"engaged and 1the'return l movement ofthe plunger .will -not'beA re tarded as it w-,o'uld otherwise be by the enff gagement` ofthe wipers behind the clip after 'the 'discharge .of'theruih s lln'order togomplete the movement of tlie fruit through` i l may be em loyexil a." separate 4device 'preferably comp sijigttplunger 10 having a head lljat one auditif. lessdialneter than' the space-A the skln"removing'devic e there in elosed by the cutters to engage .the fruit.

, engaging the blow and rotating the engagyfor this purpose is made hollow7 while the ltracks 2,2 are arranged beyond the endless The plunger 10 is preferably mounted concentric with and within the plunger! 8 which head 11 seats in a pocket 12 in cup 9 and is concealed by the latter.' The t-wo plungers .are moved together preferably to the normal plane of the wipers to partially remove the skin and then the plunger 10 moves independently of plunger 8 to complete the removal of the skin and eject,'the skinned fruit. In this instance the head 1l provides". the connect-ion which causesthe inner plunger 10 to move upwardly withltlie outer plunger8. t i.'

In removing the skin from tomatoes a great deal of difiicultyis experienced in detaching the blow and the portions of the skin in proximity thereto. This is accomplished in this embodiment by frictionally ing part relatively tothe fruit while the latter is held on a suitable support. The-support in this instance is the skin removing device, while the'loosening of the blow andthe surrounding skin is effected by providing projections 13 ori-Lacther roughened surface on the head 1,1 and radially corrugating the cup 9 at 14 so that on the rotation of these parts after the movement of the. two plungers together to clamp the fruit, the skin will be loosened at and about the blow The plungers 8 'and 10 may be caused to turn together'by 'a pin or projection 10n on plungerl() rworking in a slot 8a in plunger 8, the slot being provided to permit a relative movement between the pluners. g The skin removing device and the plungers 8 and 10 may be mounted in any suitable manner but in order to obtain the greatest output, a series of skin removing devices are provided and they are caused to travel in an endless path as for instance by being mounted on an endless carrier which may comprise two parallel sprocket chains 15 traveling about pulleys 1G arranged in pairs on two shafts 17, the base yG of each skin removing device being secured to a link 18 of each chain. By connecting each base to only one link of each chain the bases are permitted to pass about the pulleys 1G, but this arrangement will cause the bases t'o wabble if no means are provided to prevent it. lTherefore, while a skin removing device is in operation it is caused to travel on tracks 19 arranged on opposite sides of the endless carrier on a frame 2O thatmay also support the shafts 1 7, rollers 2l`lieiiigpi'ovided at each end of each base to travel on the tracks 19. Vlurved carrier to receive the rollers 2l as the skin removing devices .passy about the pulleys.

The plun'gers S and ltlrnay be carried with i the skmremoving devices and the base of -f eachl of the latter has for this purpose, a bracket 23 in which a plunger 8 is guided.

To eect cooperation between t-he plungers 8 and the skin removing devices there may be lemployed one or more grooved cams or guides 24 (in this inst-ance two) supported on opposite sides of the plungers by arms 25 and 26.v extending upwardly from the frame l 2Q/l Each cam has a portion 24a arranged'at an angle to the path ofa port-ion ,Qfithe vendless carrier to act on the plungers., "8 preferably by engaging two rollers 27 that are aranged on arms 28 extending in opposite directions from bearing blocks 29 journaled onthe upper portions of plungers 8.

`While the plungers 8 are held down by that portion of cam 24 which lies parallel with the path of movement of endless cairier, the independent movements of the plungers 10v may be effected by a grooved cam track 33 which is 'adjustable at 33X on a bracket 33V and is arranged at an angle to the path of travel of the endless carrier to Icooperate, with a roller 34 on the upper end of each plunger 10. The rollers 34 are mounted on'blolcks 34a in which the plungers l0 arefadapfted to turn'for removing the blow. Gf course the rollers 34 andbearing blocks 29 should not shift relatively to the tracks or cams 33 and 24 and therefore there is provided foreach pair of plungers 8 and 10 a str ip 'for bar 38 extending upwardly from the bracket 23 and deflected or bent at 39 so that the upper portion will clear the track 34. vThis bar is slottedat 40 and 41 to receive pinsl 42 and 43 extending from the rblocks 29 and 34a respectively permitting the blocks to move vertically with the plungers but holding th/em against turning therewith.

'ln order tof'efect the rotation of the plungers to remove the blows of the fruit, t-he plungers 8 may have gears 3() rigidly secured thereto so as. to; coperate with one or more fixed racks the carrier moves along its path.y In this embodiment two racks 31 and 32 are provided on opposite sides of the path ofthe gears 30 to alternately-mesh with the latter and rotate them in opposite directions. Preferably the racks are arranged in proximity to the inclined portion 24'L of the cam so that the rotation of the plungers takes place before the independent movement of plunger 1,0 and during the movement plungers 8 and 10 together `Jtoward the -skin removing device.

The plungers 8 and 10 are normally held away from the skin removing devices and this is efccted in `this embodiment by two helical springs 35 and 36 for each two plunger-s, the former surnoumling a plunger S and abutting- ;it its ends ay bracket 23 and a gear 30, while the latter abuts the upper end of a plunger 8 at one end and a collar 3T on the plunger lO. To the end of pre` venting the action of these Springs taking place too suddenly the cams @l an?! 2&2 are provided with portions 2li-andV 33 respectively that are `inclined relativelyl to the path of the endless carrier 'and coi'iperate with the rollers on the two plungers to gradually release the plungers aftertlie ejection:

ot' the fruit.

The cleaning ot' the skin removing device#` liot water, l; 't'edy by hand or otherwise sueeessively-to the skin removing devices pass4 .ing the position A Fig. l, the blow ot' .thefruit beingl directed upwardly. Each V:skin removing device and its .cooperating lplunpgeiS 8 and 1.0 then pase to the came l2l and 33 which first move both pliingers 8 and l0 together to partially remove the skin and to'siipport it'diiring this .operation and then in'oveptlie plunger. l0 independently ot the )langer 8 to complete the removal and eject ie fruit at or about position "l into aI suitable receptacle. lt will be noted that the large cupped head of a plunger 8 ei'igages the fruit while the hardest work o ftoreiinf,

' the fruit tliiougb'a skin removing device is being,r performed so that the small head ot plunger l() may eil'eetually complete the removal .without injury to the iiu.. .llio large cups and the heads ll. at the endey ot .plungers b and l() in turning before the independent movement of piangere lt) ell'erM :tively loosen the blows and portions which cannot be reached by the wipers and the l.latter have lonly to drag lthe loosened l@kin from the top. 'lbe ruttersy also facili tate the removal o'tl the skin :isl the wipers are not compelled' to teur the takin and can tli'rreitfore act aswipers.` during the entire 'movement of the iruit past them. .fitter the ejection the skin removing devices are passed. to the brush il whit-li roiitinuouely rotating eli'eet'ively cleans` them. N

yOwing tothe fact that the pluu-u e sinv-` reessi vely operate on siieeessive traveling;l skin .ren'ioif'inii' devices it i? poeaible to skin a number ot' .truit at one time and in this maun'er a large outputa obtail. x .The lriiit in 'all instances is disehari'ti'l .in an uninjured .n condition with the skin. removed trom all portions thereof and may then lie'eomlucted.

^ Siiitable Cooking apparatus; without lur-y /fif handling, time making it poaeible tocan frnitin fa' sanitarv" manner:

v claim ae'iny invention:

vl. The combination of a fruit sikiirremoin.v

ing,r devio'e having yielding portions mounted to Support the Afruit piior to the removal of the Skin, with means lvfor torei'ini` lhelvfruit through said device lo ell'ect the removal ot'- Q. 'lhe eonibination ot a 'l'ruit skin removing deviee having yieldingr wipers mountedl to 'support the vt'riiit prior to the removal of 'the skin and to cooperate 'with the latter.

The combination with a fruit skin-retlie fruit through the wipers to` at a plurality ot' points about the same when" inofving ldevice liaviiu,r yieldinpr portions u yadapted toirictionally contact with fruit at a plurality o'l" points about the sanie,of

i menne cooperating with the t'i'uit and having a movement on one side ot' the 'skin removingr devine toward the saine to etl'eet the removal ot'ltlie skin and :i movement on the same sident' the skin removing device away lroni 4tho latteiat'ter the skin himbeeu removed.

'l. 'lhe combination with a 'fruit skin re'- nioviug .device liaviup; yielding p'ortionel adapted to frieticnally Uoiitaet with the fruit at a plurality ol' pointe4 about the sinne, of

`reciproeal means eoolierating with the fruit sis to torce it through the skin rianoviiig; device.`

5. .lhe combination with a it'ruit skin re-y movingr device having yielding `portionS'- adapted to frictionally lcontact with fruit at a. plurality o'l points about the same, ot a' reciprocal plunger to 'loi'ee the 'liuit through tbe skin removing' device. l

'l`lie combination with. a fruit skin removing?r device having yielding portions adapted to l`rii:.tionally contact with l'i-'uit at a plurality ot points about the same, of a cup engaging the fruit and movable to pause' the latter to cooperate with the skin ieiiiovY ing device. i

i'. 'lhe .oombina'tii'm with va l'i'uit skin' removilizar device having yieldinpr portions adapted vto Atiii-.tioiially eontaet with t'i'uit at i a plurality ot' pointe` about the same, of a i'eeiprocal member rarrying; a cup -t'o engage the fruit ami movable to eausc the latter to cooperate with the skin removing device.

5. 'llic combination ol a Fruit skin removinger device luivinxg; yielding portions n'iounted to .support the lruit prior to the removal ot th`e akin, with reeiprocal means loi` forcing the 'lruit through the .skin removingdevice to remove thc skin.

f). A liiiit skin removing maehiue'eoin.- priaiiur a truit akin renioving device having yielding` portion?` mounted losupport the Aliruit prior to therenioval oll the skin, and

a cup 'for enga-ming the lruit to rause the.

iis f i prising a fruit skin removing device having yielding portions and a support for the fruitduring the removal of the skin, one bei g mounted to reciprocate relatively to t e other, and the former having means to trictionally contact with fruit at a plurality of points about the same.

11. A fruit skin removing machine comprising a fruit skin removing device having yielding portions and a cup for causing the fruit to cooperate with said device, one being mounted to'reciprocate relatively to the other.

12. The combination with a 'fruit skin removing device adapted to trictionallyA contact with fruit at a plurality of points` aboutl the same, of tivo concentric plungers for forcing the fruit through the skinme moving device, one having a greaterrkmoveL ment than the other duringL the skin remoi#` ing operation. u l

1 3. The combination with fruit skin'y removing device adapted tetrictionally contact with'truit at a plurality of points about the same, of a reciprocal member havin': l cup arranged to engage the fruit and movable to cause the latter to cooperate With the skin removing device, and a reciprocal;- plunger arranged centrally of the cup and having a greater movement than the latter during the skinning operation.

14. The combination ot a fruit skin removing device mounted to support the fruit prior to the removal of the skin` of' two concentric plungers for forcing the fruit through the skin removing device, one of said plungers having a greater movement than the other during the Skinning operation. 'l

15. The combination with a traveling skin removing device having yielding portions moving to remove the skin, of means traveling and cooperating with said removing device to effect the removal ot the skin.

1G. The combination with a traveling skin removing device having yielding portions mounted to support the fruit during its travel, ot' means traveling with the skin removing device and cooperating therewith to force the fruit therethrough, and means for eli'ecting'the movement of one of -said` '19. The combination of a fruit skin removing device having yielding portions mounted to travel and to support the fruit during its travel, With a plunger traveling With the skin removing device for forcing the fruit through the said device, and a' device arranged in the path of the 'plunger for ei'ect-ing' its movement.

20. The combination of a fruit skin removing device mounted to travel and having yielding portions to support the `fruit duriifng its travel, with a plunger traveling with the removing device and movable to torce the fruit through the said removing device, a cam for cooperating with said plunger during its travel to effect its movement.

121. The combination of a fruit Nskin removing device mounted to travel and having yielding portions to support the truit during itstravel, with a plunger traveling With theremoving device and movable to force the fruit through the said removing device, a cam tor cooperating Witlrsaid pluneeV .ger during its travel to effect the Skinning, I

and a spring for moving said plunger in the opposite dlrectron.

QQ. The combination of a skin removing device mounted to travel/and to support the fruit during'its travel, yvith tivo concentric plungers movable to force the fruit through l the. skin removing device and traveling With the latter, means for effecting the movement of both plungers to partially force the fruit through the skin removing device, and

means for effecting a greater movement ot the inner plunger to complete the movement of the fruit through the skin removing device.

23. AThe combination of a skin removing device mounted to travel and to support the fruit during its travel, with tWo con- .centric plungers.movable to torce the fruit through thc skin removing device and trav- .elin'g ivith the latter, the outer one engaging the inner one to cause the?v latter to move therewith, a cam for operating the outer plunger during its travel to effect the movement of both toward the skin removing device.I .and a cam for operating the inner plunger independently of the outer plunger to completely torce th(` fruit through the .skin removing device.

24. Tlie combination of a skin removing device moan/ted to travel and to support the fruit duri/ng its travel, with two concentric plungers movable'I to force th/,fruit through the/'skin removing. device and traveling with the latter, thc outer one engaging the inner one to cause the latter to move therewith, a cam tor operating the outer plunger during its travel to effect the movement of both toward the skin removing device, a cam for operating the inner plunger independently ot the outer plunger to completely force` "the fruit through the skin removing device,

ing a plurality of resiliently mounted wlpers and springsone acting on each plunger to move 1t away from the skin removing device after the cams are passed.

v 25. The combination with a fruit skin -removing device, of two concentric plungers movable to force fruit through the skin removing device, separate devices coperating with the two plungers to operate them, and separate helical springs surrounding the plungers and acting to"mve them away from the skin removing device.

26. A fruit skin removing device embody` arrangedv to frictionally engage the skin about the fruit each wiper having skin' removing projections away from its ends.

27. A fruit skin removing device embodying a plurality of resiliently mounted wipers movablein the directionlof the passage of Afruit through the device and arranged to friction-ally engage the skin about the fruit, and cutters carried by the wipers.

28. A fruit skin removing device comprising a plurality of radially 'arranged and resilientl mounted wipers secured -at their inner enc s only, and laterally extending cutl ters carried by the free inner ends of the wipers.

' 29. The combination with a fruit skin removing device having skin removing faces thereon and means for forcing fruit' therethrough, of cutters extending laterally from the skin removing faces and acting on the skin of the fruit as the latter passes through the skin removing device.

30. The combination with a pluraitjy of radially arranged resiliently mounted wipers, secured at their outer ends only, of cutters extending laterally from the wipers near the inner ends of the latter" and a plunger having ahead of less diameter than the space inclosed by the cutters for forcing the fruit through the wipers. n

31. A fruit skin removing machine comprising means for supporting the fruit, an'd a plunger movable toward the fruit to engage it, having a cup-shaped and roughened fruit engaging surface and a rotary movement during the engagement to loosen the skin. 4 `32. A fruit skin removing machine comprising a skin removing device constructed to permit the whole'l fruit to 'pass therethrough and means engaging the fruit to force it through said device to remove the -skin and having a rotary movement to; loosen the skin.

33. A fruit skin removing machine comprising a skin removin device constructed to permit the `whole ruit to pass therethrough and a plunger movable to force the fruit through the removing device, having a rotary movement during such action'to loosen the Ski y 34, The comb1nat1`on`with if traveling skin removing device, of a traveling plungerfor cooperation therewith to force the fruit therethrough, a gear carried by. the plunger, and a rack arranged to coperate'with the gear to rot-ate the plunger in Qrder to loosen the skin.

The combination with a traveling skin removing device, of two concentric plungers connected for simultaneous and independent movement toward the skin removing device 'und traveling with the latter, a cam acting on one of the plungers to move both a cam acting Uh't-he other to move it independently, a gear carried by one of the plungers, and a yrack arranged to be engaged by the gear during the movement of both plungers.

36. The combination with a traveling skin removing device, of two concentric plungers connected for simultaneous and independent movement toward the skin removing device and traveling with the latter, blocks carrying rollers journaled on the plungers, means for holding said -blocks against rot-ation with the plungers, a cam coperating with the roller of one plunger to etl'ect the moveiucnt of both plungers, a e'am coperating with the roller on the other plunger to effect 4an independent movement of the latter, a gcar carriedby one plunger, and a rack arranged to he engagedhy the gear prior tothe independent movement.

37. The combination with a `traveling skin removing device, of a bracket supported from one side of the skin removing' device, a plunger movable on the bracket to force the lfruit' through the skin removing device, and a brush, supported atene end independently of the skin removing device ondhe. side thereof opposite the bracket.

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Russi-umili. Gulrrrru, HAROLD ll.l Simms; 

